In the fall of 2009, a group of college students ventured into the backwoods of Louisiana to find an abandoned school.   A  place with a history of violent deaths going back seventy years or more, before the school was even built.  For a class project, they were  to film the school and find evidence of the paranormal.  To hunt for ghosts.  They found what they were looking for.  And now the school in the woods is going to teach them a lesson in fear.

THE SCHOOL IN THE WOODS is an atmospheric and dramatic supernatural thriller about ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances and their subsequent psychological breakdown.  Taking the "group of college kids go into the woods" scenario and putting a realistic feel to the characters and their reactions, the film draws the viewer in as an unacknowledged observer.   The audience witnesses first hand, as the characters relationships begin to break down, and we're never really sure if it's simple human nature or if "the school" is driving them to self- destruction with an inevitable, creepy and shocking aftermath.

Writer/Director Tony Fox's feature film debut is an unconventional take on the horror film genre.  Filming 10 minute long, one-take scenes, he's created a tension filled rollercoaster ride with old school scares, influenced by Japanese horror films and the "backwoods" horror films of the seventies.   The film was shot on location in an abandoned school in northern Louisiana over the course of five days.  A cast and crew of 60 people worked for free on the project, shooting up to 30 pages of script a day, given the 10 minute scene story structure.

The School In The Woods has been chosen as an Official 2011 Selection for the Pittsburgh Horror Film Festival  and The Film Festival of Colorado, both exhibiting in June, kicking off the film's festival run.  The film is also in contention for 15 other festivals throughout the 2011 year.